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Day three at Pattern Play was all about ideas for using paper designs that seem too hard to put on a card. The first tip was to break up the pattern.  Here I've done exactly that with a piece of very bold, busy Attic Boutique DSP. 

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Stamps: Teeny Tiny Sentiments
Paper: Soft Suede Card Base,  Whisper White bordering, Attic Boutique DSP (retired) and Sahara Sand card for the decorative label punch. 

Pattern Play #3

March 22, 2013


I have an embarrassingly large box filled with pretty paper scraps that I have decided to start putting to good use! To keep me motivated I have signed on to participate in a class by OnlineCardClasses.com called Pattern Play.  This first card incorporates a tip from trainer Kristina Werner.  She says to create a well balanced card using patterned paper you should use a large/medium pattern + a small pattern + a solid or tone on tone pattern to create good contrast.  I dug through my box of scraps and pulled out these papers to create this card in line with this tip.

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Stamps: Easy Events
Paper: Very Vanilla Card Base, Attic Boutique (retired) for the 'large' font pattern and the 'small' soft suede pattern at the bottom, Subtles Designer Series Paper Stack (So Saffron Stripes) for the 'solid' component, Soft Suede Card Stock for bordering and Sahara Sand for the semi-circle feature.
Embellishments: Designer Button (Brights Collection), Linen Thread.

Pattern Play #1

March 21, 2013



I made this card this evening for two challenges - the Freshly Made Sketch #73 and The Paper Players 
'bows and buttons for baby' theme.  I've based my colours around a cut-off piece of Attic Boutique Designer Series paper in pool party.  The pattern works in nicely with the die cut paper doily.  The background paper is a textured piece of pool party card and the stamped image comes from the 'Happy You' stamp set by Stampin' Up! and the sentiment is from the Itty Bitty Banners set.




Freshly Made Sketches #73

February 18, 2013



My first design for the year is this 90th birthday card made at the special request of a customer.  My starting point was the background designer series paper taken from the Attic Boutique paper pack (now retired) and the current Retro sketches challenge.  The sentiment is from the One in a Million Stamp Set and the butterflies which I have hand coloured are from the Kindness Matters Stamp Set.


A goal in 2013 is to continue to develop my skill in decorating the inside of the card to match - something I didn't do very often til now.


It felt good to get back into the swing of things with this project after having some time away from crafting due to the busy holiday session.



If you have any questions about this card, or any other project featured here on my blog, I'd love to hear from you.  Thank you for stopping by!

First challenge for 2013

January 2, 2013


I thought the current Paper Players Sketch Challenge provided a great layout for featuring the butterflies from Stampin' Up!'s Kindness Matters Stamp Set.


I've created a 'shadow box' style frame here for the Soft Suede butterflies which have been coloured with blender pen in shades of Sahara Sand, Daffodil Delight and Pool Party.  Each butterfly has been handcut and raised under the body with a little dimensional.

My colour palette was guided by the piece of Attic Boutique Designer Series Paper (now retired) that I've used here in my background.

I stuck with the circle as my 'any shape', layering the centre circle high up on the backing circle to create a small round tag look.



The Paper Players #114

September 28, 2012


I'm really enjoying playing with the Attic Boutique Designer Series Papers at the moment.  I haven't done this pretty layered punch flower in a while but I really like the way it works with this particular paper.  Looking forward to sharing this design at this weekend's workshop.

Sketch courtesy of the Paper Players Challenge. 

Attic Boutique

July 25, 2012


The Paper Players challenge this week is to make words the focal point of a design.  When I saw this I immediately thought of the pretty butterfly from the Butterfly Prints Stamp Set that is made up of lots of sweet words.  The decorative papers featured here are from the Attic Boutique Designer Series Paper pack.

The sketch was inspired by Lotte Chew's take on the Retro Sketch Challenge earlier this month.  

Love.Smiles.Bliss Butterfly Prints

July 20, 2012


This card and gift box were projects featured in a recent workshop.  I really like the Butterfly Prints stamp set and I know it is set to retire come September so I wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to show it off a little before the upcoming release of the new catalogue.  The Fancy Favor Die and the beautiful Attic Boutique designer series papers (available in the mini catalogue until the end of this month) made creating a lovely matching gift box so easy.

Look forward to having more projects to share with you again soon.

Butterfly Prints Attic Boutique

July 19, 2012

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